MISSION or sr. mmimcn

The district now known as the mission of St. Lawrence of Morell, comprises within its parochial limits the site of the old French town of St. Peters. once the principal trading post of Ile St. Jean. At the mouth of St. Peter's Harbour. on the land of Mr. John Sinnott, may still be seen now after row

of the old cellars of the French houses. while. close down by the sea are the tastions of what was, according to plans: still extant. a fine: fortress than that of Port La Joie.

It was from St. Peter's in 1755 that the three hundred French Neutrals and their families were sent to a cruel death. under pretent of being shipped home to France, they being. by order of the Nova Scotia Government, forced to embark in a leaky transport which foundered within a hundred leagues of the Scilly Isles. The remainder of theJFrenchL; inhabitants of the Isle

St. Jean then took fright. some going to Cape Breton, while others made their way to the New England Colonies.

Others again. on the hide and seek principal. were removed to a different part of the Island. Many years later Irish and Scotch settlers came to take up the land and their ploughs now furrow what were once the streets of the deserted town of St. Pierre. The greater part of Morell was at that time owned by Mr. Morrell. who is said to have been a good landlord. butk as he only granted leases for a term of forty years. the early settlers contented themselves at first. with small farms, for which-they paid about thirty two cents an acre. This rent they paid. by working for Mr; Morrell. they also purchased seed from him. paying him in manual labour. The oldest inhabitants still tell. how, after a hard days work. they wobld return to their 10g hut

in the Woods with a bag of seed potatoes on their backs to be sowed.amongst

the stumps of their new clearings. Up to the year 1866 the settlers of

Morell heard mass at St. Andrews. but in that year they commenced, under